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Whether he is guilty or not guilty of sexual assault of a child. the judge has granted us access inside the courtroom, and the trial begins with an opening statement from the state prosecutor. >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning. in wisconsin, it is unlawful for a person over 16 to have sexual intercourse with a person under 16 years old. you will hear that that is exactly what happened here. i will ask that you find him guilty because i will have proved that [ bleep ] was under the age of 16 ...

>> that we would continue talking and everything was going to be okay. ten days later, the cops showed up at my house. >> you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. >> they put me in the holding cell for about three hours. i was nervous and didnt really know what was going on. >> you think it was okay to have sex with a 14-year-old girl? >> ten days after their encounter, the freshman girl told her parents that she and zack had had s...

You were going to get into trouble that you couldnt even imagine. >> yes. >> so under those circumstances, thats what was going on when you told your mom about having sex with zack. >> yes. >> im in the biggest trouble ive ever been in. >> yes. >> thank you, [ bleep ]. i have nothing further. the defense calls zachary newman. >> okay. >> may i approach? zack, ive placed up there at the witness stand exhibit number 15. can you flip through the pages to the last page. based on those messages, did ...

Im just the one that got caught. >> by the time they graduate, an estimated 50% of american high schoolers have been sexually active. but in some states, these encounters are crimes. because the age of consent in wisconsin is 16, the 14-year-old girl couldnt agree to have sex with zack. on top of that, her interviews with police paint a complicated story of that september night. >> how does all this make you feel? >> i feel like a bad person. >> why do you feel like a bad person? >> i wanted to ...

>> like a lot of teens, zack had big plans -- going to college with a sports scholarship, then joining the military. but five months ago at the start of his senior year, zacks future took a detour when he began exchanging texts with a schoolmate, a 14-year-old freshman girl. did you guys ever interact in person? >> it was mostly on snapchat, but we would say hi to each other in the halls. and then we just kept talking from there. >> how did you eventually get to the point where you had sex? >> s...

He kind of like pressures and pressures and pressures until you finally do something. >> okay. >> i do feel for her, you know. she was a freshman. he was a popular senior. she didnt want to upset this popular boy. i mean, these two barely even interacted in person, and then there they were having sex. so, you know, its not a black-and-white case. but the big question is, does zack deserve to possibly go to prison and be on the sex offender registry for the rest of his life? ickbooks live bookkee...

Someone is considered an adult varies from state to state. right now were in the state of wisconsin, and were about to meet a young man who is facing felony criminal charges for having sex with a 14-year-old freshman when he was a 17-year-old senior in high school. >> all right, zack. here we go, man. lets go, zack. there we go. good job. >> this is 18-year-old zack. hes a high school senior and a member of his varsity cheerleading squad in the suburbs of milwaukee. how would kids in school desc...

The text messages establish an agreement to do what kids all over the city and all over the county do. zack was charged with sexual assault of a child under 16. but the evidence in this case will show you that there was no assault and that zack did not commit a crime. i respectfully ask for a not guilty verdict in this very serious matter. thank you. >> various witnesses are called to the stand, including the alleged victims mother. to protect her and her daughters identity, were blurring their ...

>> may i approach? zack, ive placed up there at the witness stand exhibit number 15. can you flip through the pages to the last page. based on those messages, did you agree to meet [ bleep ] after school? >> yes, i did. >> how did you feel about setting up that meeting? >> i was a little nervous, i guess, because it was our first time hanging outside of school. >> where did you meet? >> at her aunts house. >> during the time that you were with [ bleep ] that day, were you violent to her? >> no, ...